wanting

• adj. 欠缺的；不足的；不夠格的
• prep. 無；缺
• v. 需要（want的現(xiàn)在分詞）；欠缺

來自want,缺乏。

wanting (adj.)

early 14c., wantand, "deficient, lacking," present participle adjective from want (v.). Modern spelling from 16c.

1. Wanting fidelity implies you're thinking about a major relationship.

要求忠誠意味著你想發(fā)展一段嚴肅認真的戀愛關系。

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2. He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne.

他有很多殺伊馮娜的動機。

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3. He went through a period of wanting to be accepted.

有一段時間他很想被人接受。

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4. What's wrong with his wanting to sell his land and move on?

他想賣掉土地離開這里，這有什么錯呢？

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5. He smiled, not wanting to put the man on the defensive.

他笑了笑，不想讓那個人產(chǎn)生抵觸情緒。

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